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former pentagon official, former reagan political director joining yes. pulitzer prize-winning journalist amongur guests tonight. joining us to assess what could be a contentious road ahead for the president's national-security nominees to my katie mcfarland has held nationalsecurity posts under three presidents and a fox these natial security analyst and a pulitzer prize-winning journalist judith miller. let's begin with you. the nomination here of brennan and, of course, of hegel catching some, well, this -- by surprise despite the fact that their names have been proffered for some time. >> the ewish community, representatives have let the president know they do not like this appointment. there is to not to do it, but now what is done. many of them starting to fall in line saying, it is don. some wl continue to oppose, but at this point you have to assume that senator hegel snds a good chance of being confirmed lou: : first to brennan, he has been purged of whatever his sins were under the bush demonstration by four years of service and the obama admini
former pentagon official, former reagan political director joining yes. pulitzer prize-winning journalist amongur guests tonight. joining us to assess what could be a contentious road ahead for the president's national-security nominees to my katie mcfarland has held nationalsecurity posts under three presidents and a fox these natial security analyst and a pulitzer prize-winning journalist judith miller. let's begin with you. the nomination here of brennan and, of course, of hegel catching...
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all serving or recently is served in the pentagon. people who served in the clinton pentagon who are very well thought of and again on a bipartisan basis. i really don't know why the president wants him except i think maybe he likes the fact that chuck hagel has complained about the power of the jewish lobby and was one of the few senators to vote against the iran sanctions the policy the president now claims as his own and refused to vote to designate the iranian guard a terrorist group. >> maybe he likes the idea of one on one negotiations over the nuclear program. he also said this in an interview with vietnam magazine, i'm not a passivist. i believe in using force but only after a careful decision-making process. i will do everything i can to avoid needless senseless war. is that an unreasonable position for a secretary of defense to have? >> i think it is in line with where we see the president going in terms of using he doesn't want to put troops on the ground any more. he made that clear. he wants to the rely more on unmanned d
all serving or recently is served in the pentagon. people who served in the clinton pentagon who are very well thought of and again on a bipartisan basis. i really don't know why the president wants him except i think maybe he likes the fact that chuck hagel has complained about the power of the jewish lobby and was one of the few senators to vote against the iran sanctions the policy the president now claims as his own and refused to vote to designate the iranian guard a terrorist group....
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i heard a congressman, who is a ranking member on defense appropriations say that we cannot run the pentagon anymore in the kind of limited budgeting that is going on. in actuality, the government is growing, and therefore we should invest in this government. so we have an issue of the law that is the obama care being juxtaposed against an intelligence discussion about how we take this country forward in the process. i will be with the discussion, the evenhanded discussion, or the volatile discussion on the budget and appropriations, but let go of the victim of the affordable care act. let it go. as you indicated, my good friend did, we have a small businesswoman who just found insurance $7,500 less than what she had before. we can all find adeck dotal stories. it is working. here i am with my -- i've got the 17 votes listed, republican members who in actuality said, we will go with your membership and our good speaker can bring to the floor this clean bill and wee have this government open, and i will engage with my good friend on the debate on how we appropriate and what kind of budget we
i heard a congressman, who is a ranking member on defense appropriations say that we cannot run the pentagon anymore in the kind of limited budgeting that is going on. in actuality, the government is growing, and therefore we should invest in this government. so we have an issue of the law that is the obama care being juxtaposed against an intelligence discussion about how we take this country forward in the process. i will be with the discussion, the evenhanded discussion, or the volatile...
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also of the pentagon weapons system without the fire power. gerri: i hope they are more accurate. it cost $400 million if it does not work. >> they call it just a good start. gerri: and good to see you. we have more to come including tips on taking your company complained to twitter. the next hot thing on wall street? the post office? the federal agency may have to go public to what you should expect if it does. weekdays are for rising to the challenge. they're the days to take care of business. when possibilities become reality. with centurylink as your trusted partner, our visionary cloud infrastructure and global broadband network free you to focus on what matters. with custocommunications solutions and responsive, dedicated support, we constant evolve to meet your needs. evy day of the week. centurylink® your link to what's next. ni car. sure is. make a deal with me, kid, and you can have the car and everything that goes along with it. ♪ ♪ so, what do you say? thanks... but i think i got this. ♪ [ male announcer ] the all-new cla. set your soul free. gerri: would you li
also of the pentagon weapons system without the fire power. gerri: i hope they are more accurate. it cost $400 million if it does not work. >> they call it just a good start. gerri: and good to see you. we have more to come including tips on taking your company complained to twitter. the next hot thing on wall street? the post office? the federal agency may have to go public to what you should expect if it does. weekdays are for rising to the challenge. they're the days to take care of...
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don't normally get noticed including things like of course the war appropriations, but increases to the pentagon budget over the last 10 years. some pores of that was devoted to the war in iraq. the v.a., where medical and disability payments are huge and the debt on the war already being paid. that plus looking forward to the obligated funds that go to veterans, who have been wounded. you get $4.2 trillion. >> how about the number of iraqis killed. where do we get that from? >> iraq body count has been using media accounts and trying to get one by one all of the different casualties but we know that number is very conservative. that's just who's been counted so far and we estimate that that will probably be twice that number who have died in the war of direct violence and even the larger number will have died of indirect causes. there are people who wouldn't have died except that the war destroyed infrastructure, dislocated them from their homes, destroyed the health care system so there were fewer immunizations and a high in infant mortality rate, which has led to more death than just those. c
don't normally get noticed including things like of course the war appropriations, but increases to the pentagon budget over the last 10 years. some pores of that was devoted to the war in iraq. the v.a., where medical and disability payments are huge and the debt on the war already being paid. that plus looking forward to the obligated funds that go to veterans, who have been wounded. you get $4.2 trillion. >> how about the number of iraqis killed. where do we get that from? >>...
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also of the pentagon weapons system without the fire power. gerri: i hope they are more accurate it cost $400 million if does not work. >> they call it just a good start. gerri: a good to seeou. we have more toome including tips on taking your company complained to twitter. the next hot thing on ll street? the post office? the federal agency may have to go public to at you should expect if it does. it's as simple as this. at bny mello our business is investments. managing them, moving them, making them work. we oversee 20% othe world's financial asse. and that gives us scale and insight no o else has. investment management combined with investment servicing. bringing the power of investments to people's lives. invested in the world. bny mellon. they're the days to take ce ofe business.. when possibilities become reality. with centurylink as your trusted partner, our visionary cloud infrastructure and globalal broadband network free you to focus on what matters. with custom commications solutions and responsive, dedicated support, we constantly
also of the pentagon weapons system without the fire power. gerri: i hope they are more accurate it cost $400 million if does not work. >> they call it just a good start. gerri: a good to seeou. we have more toome including tips on taking your company complained to twitter. the next hot thing on ll street? the post office? the federal agency may have to go public to at you should expect if it does. it's as simple as this. at bny mello our business is investments. managing them, moving...
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i've agreed we should audit the pentagon. democrats told me he about their bill. but we need more conversation. >> thank you for joining us. straight ahead, our next guest slamming the white house press corps. also, guess who is calling to surprise me? all this week we're taking a call from a famous surprise caller. i have no idea who it is. you'll find out who it is on the line when i do. >>> it's that time again. time to show the best videos of the day and here's what we're watching. are you looking for the mixed drink i'll? we found it. security camera footage in one store gives that phrase a whole new meaning. take a look. just moments after an employee finished stacks bolts, everything came crashing down. you might say it had a short shelf life. and here is an interesting way to start your day. people in a new york city coffee shop were horrified by an outraged customer with tell kinetic powers. it's just a promotional stuff for a movie.tellkinetic powers. it's just a promotional stuff for a movie. ♪ want to sound like the beatles? jimmy fallon found out wh
i've agreed we should audit the pentagon. democrats told me he about their bill. but we need more conversation. >> thank you for joining us. straight ahead, our next guest slamming the white house press corps. also, guess who is calling to surprise me? all this week we're taking a call from a famous surprise caller. i have no idea who it is. you'll find out who it is on the line when i do. >>> it's that time again. time to show the best videos of the day and here's what we're...
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. >>> shake up at the pentagon coming up, the air force take action against the two-star general in charge of america's nuclear missiles. news stories? >> they share it on the stream. >> social media isn't an after-thought, it drives discussion across america. >> al jazeera america's social media community, on tv and online. >> this is your outlet for those conversations. >> post, upload and interact. >> every night share undiscovered stories. >> more than 200 survivors have been airlifted to the southern island the italian island of lampedusa has a boat of hundreds of migrants capsized near malta. malta. the journey across the medicine tormediterranean is treacherous. >>> a high ranking u.s. air force member has been fired. >> reporter: it was an abrupt announcement made late on friday at the pentagon. in an audio only press conference it announced u.s. major general michael kerry has been relieved of his command as a result of loss of trust and confidence in his ability. he was in charge of making sure 450 long-range missiles remained operational and secure. but an investigation conclude
. >>> shake up at the pentagon coming up, the air force take action against the two-star general in charge of america's nuclear missiles. news stories? >> they share it on the stream. >> social media isn't an after-thought, it drives discussion across america. >> al jazeera america's social media community, on tv and online. >> this is your outlet for those conversations. >> post, upload and interact. >> every night share undiscovered stories....
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the pentagon saying the service academies not being able to play their football games. and the man behind the 1990 high school beanie baby krcraze plea guilty. he is worth $2.6 billion with a b dollars. >> all this hour we have been telling you about explosive comments made by devon nunez. right now we are going to get the real story from the man himself. good to see you. >> it is great to be on. >> why did you call your fellow colleagues that particular name? >> for three years we have been going through this process where you need 218 votes to go through the legislation. they aren't willing to challenge it. they have killed for three years every proposal that the leadership has brought forward. but you can't be wrong for three years and so that group that is willing to basically take down the entire majority and seed the floor to harry reid and the documents that is who i refer to as lemmings. >> it is not that you disagree with the message, you agree with them that you would like to get rid of it if you had your choice. you believe that the tactic is in correct? >> i
the pentagon saying the service academies not being able to play their football games. and the man behind the 1990 high school beanie baby krcraze plea guilty. he is worth $2.6 billion with a b dollars. >> all this hour we have been telling you about explosive comments made by devon nunez. right now we are going to get the real story from the man himself. good to see you. >> it is great to be on. >> why did you call your fellow colleagues that particular name? >> for...
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. >> this is clearly a management issue in the pentagon, although i admire how mark was able to blame it on the gop, which i would remind you, is not in office right now. we had an abrupt change in policy. obama announced in december 2009 that we will be out. when you do that, you have to consider construction projects. that did not happen. >> did you blame the gop? >> i do not think i did. general position is crucial. if you want to see it through the partisan prison, charles, then so be it. the filibusters are preventing the filling of the position of inspector general. we wasted more money in afghanistan and iraq than this. i will be glad when we are gone. >> that is the last word. thanks. see you next week. >> prime and punishment. -- crime and punishment. can ex-convicts get a second chance? >> welcome to "european journal" coming to you from dw studios in beautifuls. here's a look at what's coming up today italy, why sicilians are protest.
. >> this is clearly a management issue in the pentagon, although i admire how mark was able to blame it on the gop, which i would remind you, is not in office right now. we had an abrupt change in policy. obama announced in december 2009 that we will be out. when you do that, you have to consider construction projects. that did not happen. >> did you blame the gop? >> i do not think i did. general position is crucial. if you want to see it through the partisan prison,...
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the pentagon said as recently as this weekend that that would be what would happen in the event of a shut down. today congress did pass a bill to ensure that serviceman and service women will get paid as most civilian personnel will not get paid. well, president obama signed that bill on military pay just hours ahead of the med night shut down tonight. and now, just moments ago, this is just in, the white house has released this message from president obama that is a message from president obama as commander in chief, directly to the troops. it is a video message, and here it is in full. >> hi, everybody. as president, and as your commander in chief, i've worked to make sure you have the strategy, the resources and the support you need to complete the missions our nation asks of you. and every time you've met your responsibilities and performed with extraordinary professionalism, skill, and courage. unfortunately, congress has not fulfilled its responsibility. it's failed to pass a budget. and as a result, much of our government must now shut down until congress funds it again. secre
the pentagon said as recently as this weekend that that would be what would happen in the event of a shut down. today congress did pass a bill to ensure that serviceman and service women will get paid as most civilian personnel will not get paid. well, president obama signed that bill on military pay just hours ahead of the med night shut down tonight. and now, just moments ago, this is just in, the white house has released this message from president obama that is a message from president...
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the pentagon has delayed a test firing of a minute man icbm this week fear it could ratchet up tensions with north korea and the young dictator, kim jong-un^. does the obama administration risk looking like it is caving? >> absolutely not, take a step back from the whole picture. he is engaging in behavior we have seen for many years, and the own us is on north korea to take a step and they can undertake their economic development which can only happen if they rejoin the international community. >> having said that north korea has moved a medium-range missile to the east coast and said on friday they would not be surprised if they fired and the south koreans specific it, but it is in range of guam, how would the president regard it given the fact you now have delayed this missile test by the united states if north korea goes ahead and fires their missile? >> well, we have seen the reports that you cite as jake carney said we would not be surprised. missile launches have been part of this repeated pattern behavior for the north korea regime. the own success on north korea to do the right
the pentagon has delayed a test firing of a minute man icbm this week fear it could ratchet up tensions with north korea and the young dictator, kim jong-un^. does the obama administration risk looking like it is caving? >> absolutely not, take a step back from the whole picture. he is engaging in behavior we have seen for many years, and the own us is on north korea to take a step and they can undertake their economic development which can only happen if they rejoin the international...
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i'm in the pentagon. i'll serve next week again, and i'm working in the national guard bureau, and that's all they talk about. they are concerned, concerned about those laid off, but the men and women of the serving and the people in all up and down that supply chain having that level of egulatory in, and tax in payment security, bottom line, do we need the cuts? of course. the president's in charge and harry reid in charge of the senate. you'd thought we're in harge of everything, apparently. we're not. the president needs to show leadership. the house already sent forth proposals, sitting on harry reid's desk, he's done absolutely nothing to bring this to a head. he'll put a bill up with a great title, went be what we want and force you to do it, and, by the way, blame the republicans when it doesn't happen, and then they get to it after, obviously, the march 1 #st deadline. lou: military pay will not be affected by sequester. there's the prospect of possible rolling furloughs, one day a week, several e
i'm in the pentagon. i'll serve next week again, and i'm working in the national guard bureau, and that's all they talk about. they are concerned, concerned about those laid off, but the men and women of the serving and the people in all up and down that supply chain having that level of egulatory in, and tax in payment security, bottom line, do we need the cuts? of course. the president's in charge and harry reid in charge of the senate. you'd thought we're in harge of everything, apparently....
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. >> the pentagon released a study 26,000ing there are cases of sexual contact. 3000 cases reported. 300 prosecuted. wants to revoke the authority of commanders to do with those cases but the chairman of the armed services committee is opposed to stripping them of that authority. >> the chain of command is very important for military order. the can understand hesitation on the part of those who do not want to respond in a -- to the senator. this is unique problem. this is a problem that goes beyond the chain of command. handle themselves on the basis of judgment. this is something that ought to an independent tribunal where you can judge and determine in an adversarial situation. decide have a commander on questions of sexual assault. i think that -- you will not get that objective approach that is needed. >> you do not think that after three and four stars, people will pay more attention? >> i think that would happen. island, the rhode former u.s. ranger opposes it. it is intriguing to me. lisa murkowski, the republican senator from alaska makes the most compelling case. one of her
. >> the pentagon released a study 26,000ing there are cases of sexual contact. 3000 cases reported. 300 prosecuted. wants to revoke the authority of commanders to do with those cases but the chairman of the armed services committee is opposed to stripping them of that authority. >> the chain of command is very important for military order. the can understand hesitation on the part of those who do not want to respond in a -- to the senator. this is unique problem. this is a problem...
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processing same-sex couples benefits after getting an order from governor mary fallon, despite the pentagon's announcement last month that same-sex spouses of military members are eligible for the same benefits as straight couples. >> stephen: sorry, l.g.b.t. crowd, you got greedy. if you let us keep don't ask, don't tell, nobody would know if your same-sex partner was gay. ( laughter ) now, according to some obscure the u.s. constitution, denying rights to a specific minority group is illegal. so governor fallon is ensuring that all okla-humans are treated equally by ordering state-owned national guard facilities to stop processing all military spouse benefits. now, every oklahoma national guard member will have to travel to a federally run facility to apply for benefits. in some cases, that would be an additional four-hour road trip. it will be fun. you can play a game of eye spy and arbitrary denial of my rights. ( laughter ) now, governor fallon is setting a great precedent here. rather than provide any services for gay people, the government should refuse to provide them for everyone. be
processing same-sex couples benefits after getting an order from governor mary fallon, despite the pentagon's announcement last month that same-sex spouses of military members are eligible for the same benefits as straight couples. >> stephen: sorry, l.g.b.t. crowd, you got greedy. if you let us keep don't ask, don't tell, nobody would know if your same-sex partner was gay. ( laughter ) now, according to some obscure the u.s. constitution, denying rights to a specific minority group is...
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. >> running the pentagon is a hard job. it is one of the largest workforces in the world. there are strong centers of p power in that building. none of that has been litigated at all. i know they talked to al jazeera once. do i care if he is running the pentagon, as far as i can tell no one has done much in congress to sort that out. >>. >> that is not the person who takes the orders from the white house or decides what our relationship is with a foreign country. that is what they made the hearing about. even their fixation about benghazi is located in state. that has nothing to do with this job either. i totally agree. i liked the fact that he was an enlisted man and i fought in vietnam. it hasn't been about him at all. >> thank you both for joining me tonight. >> i will be joined ip rebuttal by someone who is on the nra's enemy's list. in the rewrite tonight. if there was no such thing as democrats. if republicans ruled the world would theyer are raise taxes? >> well there is a place where democrats don't exist and republicans today voted to raise taxes big time and that
. >> running the pentagon is a hard job. it is one of the largest workforces in the world. there are strong centers of p power in that building. none of that has been litigated at all. i know they talked to al jazeera once. do i care if he is running the pentagon, as far as i can tell no one has done much in congress to sort that out. >>. >> that is not the person who takes the orders from the white house or decides what our relationship is with a foreign country. that is what...
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big picture, i can remember sitting in briefings where pentagon officials were trying to figure out, there are 50 or 60 weapon sites. we know that the al qaeda group wants to capture them. how can we get them under lock and key? this deal could do that without putting any u.s. boots on the ground. could it also result in months of delays? perhaps more chemical strikes? programs. >> you guys are the experts. is it your interpretation of this that the united states still reserves the right to use force if this should all fall apart? >> yes, and there's also the option that they can go to the u.n. security council for a second resolution to punish syria. >> so they could do it you know laterally or -- >> or through u.n. action. it could come also in the form of sanctions at the u.n. >> as a pracks tall matter, does it, having gone through this process, make it harder for the u.s. administration to say, oh, never mind the security council. we've now decided to go it alone? >> it would be pretty extraordinary when they've signaled to the u.s. and the world that doing a punitive strike aga
big picture, i can remember sitting in briefings where pentagon officials were trying to figure out, there are 50 or 60 weapon sites. we know that the al qaeda group wants to capture them. how can we get them under lock and key? this deal could do that without putting any u.s. boots on the ground. could it also result in months of delays? perhaps more chemical strikes? programs. >> you guys are the experts. is it your interpretation of this that the united states still reserves the right...
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that he only talked to the pentagon. the defense secretary ones. that he never called anybody in libya. and are you also surprised i'm not saying i'm -- i must say i'm astonished at the idea national administration has refused to give congress the fbi interviews with the survivors of benghazi. >> those are good questions. there are always unanswered questions in something like this but the hagel confirmation is not the forum to get that kind of information. i think there is another dimension here and that is what are democratic senators really thinking about the hagel nomination? i understand some of them have actually called the white house and said is hagel going to withdraw? would he consider withdrawing? the answer is an emphatic no but member johner erlicmman nixon's aide used to talk about twisting slowly in the wind and the factor here is time. and there is this twisting in the wind aura to all of this and i wonder whether the democrats are kind of looking and asking what really is the fundamental question here, is he the best person to be s
that he only talked to the pentagon. the defense secretary ones. that he never called anybody in libya. and are you also surprised i'm not saying i'm -- i must say i'm astonished at the idea national administration has refused to give congress the fbi interviews with the survivors of benghazi. >> those are good questions. there are always unanswered questions in something like this but the hagel confirmation is not the forum to get that kind of information. i think there is another...
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senate republican ares block the president's choice to run the pentagon. as gop senators demand more answers about the benghazi terror attack, white house charges they are playing politics with national security. we talk with the man leading the call for more information, senator lindsey graham. his tee party response to the state of the union speech was critical to both the president and the gop. we will ask senator rand paul what he thinks of the obama agenda as well as republican policy. also, it is less than two weeks until big automatic spending cuts kick in. we will ask the sunday panel will congress will reach a deal before the sequester deadline. and outraged our power player of the week helps the senate make history by keeping track of history. all right now on "fox news sunday." >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. senate republicans made history this week, blocking a nominee for defense is secretary for the first time ever. they are demanding more information about the nominee former senator chuck hagel and about the benghazi t
senate republican ares block the president's choice to run the pentagon. as gop senators demand more answers about the benghazi terror attack, white house charges they are playing politics with national security. we talk with the man leading the call for more information, senator lindsey graham. his tee party response to the state of the union speech was critical to both the president and the gop. we will ask senator rand paul what he thinks of the obama agenda as well as republican policy....
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they'll do one more thing, pass a companion bill to fund the pentagon and troops in the event of shutdown so troops aren't left without pay. >> we heard from senator harry reid say he is not dealing with any piece of legislation that does anything to obama care. what are you hearing from senate staffers. >> reporter: he said that. they're saying the same thing. procedurally it is pretty interesting, we think we know where this is probably headed based on the arcane procedure baked into this. the way this is structured harry reid will have a pretty easy time killing the two amendments that i just described, the senate which is likely now to maybe come back sunday we're hearing instead of the originally scheduled monday. harry reid would only need 51 votes to kill the obama care delay that house republicans want to try again on. he wouldn't need the magical 60 votes ordeal with ted cruz or anything like that. on the medical device tax, same goes. he only needs 51 votes. the only question is would he prevent enough senate democrats from flip flopping. they say they're not voting for this rep
they'll do one more thing, pass a companion bill to fund the pentagon and troops in the event of shutdown so troops aren't left without pay. >> we heard from senator harry reid say he is not dealing with any piece of legislation that does anything to obama care. what are you hearing from senate staffers. >> reporter: he said that. they're saying the same thing. procedurally it is pretty interesting, we think we know where this is probably headed based on the arcane procedure baked...
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>> oh, my worst week unfortunately is for the pentagon. they not only saw chuck hagel filibustered by the senate, they also have this sequester coming up. half i want to say half a trillion dollars worth of cuts coming from the pentagon and they are in no way able to absorb that. they've already made lots and lots of cuts. i think congress is asking them to fight a war and not giving them the resources they need to do it. on the plus side my winner is poland springs, they got the best product placement of all-time, thanks to marco rubio so he didn't have a great night but i think poland springs had a great night. >> you have a point. susan, yours? >> the best week the no labels group because mostly they were able to get 40 people, democrats and republicans in congress to agree to fixing a problem, not fighting, and that's an accomplishment these days, just to even be able to get someone to wear the same pin. the worst week was the u.s. senate. i think that what we saw with the confirmation hearing and a lot of things it showed it's no long
>> oh, my worst week unfortunately is for the pentagon. they not only saw chuck hagel filibustered by the senate, they also have this sequester coming up. half i want to say half a trillion dollars worth of cuts coming from the pentagon and they are in no way able to absorb that. they've already made lots and lots of cuts. i think congress is asking them to fight a war and not giving them the resources they need to do it. on the plus side my winner is poland springs, they got the best...
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and, yes, the pentagon has to do its part. but, the problem isn't just the pentagon. the problem, laura, is congress. eisenhower and his drafting of his famous speech talked about the defense industrial congressional complex cut out congress for the public speech. >> big donations from big defense contractors and big help. >> depositions but also jobs in home district. >> big money. >> big big money. the defense contractors, the big guys realize the generation ago they don't have to defeat america's enemies. they have got to win the battle of capitol hill. in contravention of all economic logic. >> this has to be cut. >> and it can be. you have got to get congress to cut. congress will cut troops because congress, frankly, laura, doesn't give a damn about the troops unless will is a photo on involved. >> that's a strong word. >> you can imagine if there was a national referendum? do we want increased taxes or more money for wars and afghanistan or elsewhere? where do you think that poll would be or referendum would be? higher taxes or pull out of afghanistan completel
and, yes, the pentagon has to do its part. but, the problem isn't just the pentagon. the problem, laura, is congress. eisenhower and his drafting of his famous speech talked about the defense industrial congressional complex cut out congress for the public speech. >> big donations from big defense contractors and big help. >> depositions but also jobs in home district. >> big money. >> big big money. the defense contractors, the big guys realize the generation ago they...
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senator pat toomey says the goal wa is providing possibility for the president to agencies like the pentagon to carry out more strategically. >> he can go on the defense side, he can go to his agency and department heads on the nondefense side and say you have been used to budgets that keep growing and growing, that is what has been happening. >> some republicans and democratic leadership do not want to give the executive ranch more power to move money. >> republicans should give flexibly to cut wastefulness, flexibility to ask the richest of the rich to contribute a little bit more. instead they have completely been inflexible. >> a plan that included new revenue have to be nonpartisan budget office said it would actually increase deficits by $7.2 billion over the next decade. it failed 51-49. meanwhile in interview for an upcoming fox documentary, the senate republican leaders is facing another deadline shouldn't have gotten to this point. >> there's n there is no reasonn 11th hour deal. why are we here? why are we here? at the 11th hour. no more 11th hour deals. >> predicting tomorrow's m
senator pat toomey says the goal wa is providing possibility for the president to agencies like the pentagon to carry out more strategically. >> he can go on the defense side, he can go to his agency and department heads on the nondefense side and say you have been used to budgets that keep growing and growing, that is what has been happening. >> some republicans and democratic leadership do not want to give the executive ranch more power to move money. >> republicans should...
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the pentagon cited lack of congressional support as a reason for dean eyeing renovation of the facility, a facility that is beginning to deteriorate after a decade of temporary operation. the hunger strike that brought renewed attention to the facility is now over. megan lopez has more. >> for over seven months we have an reporting on mass hunger strikes happening at guantanamo bay. monday officials announced 19 are left, but before we declare the hunger strike over, let take a look at how the protest played out and what has changed since it started. on february 6 the hunger strike began. humanitarian groups said the reason was the pervasive churches conducted -- the eve a sieve searches. it took weeks before prison officials acknowledged what was going on. even then, the number of those participating was lower than other reports. the spokesman for the un's human rights body wrote a letter to our team, saying they are looking into the details of the mass hunger strike. the more they knew about the hunger strike, the more petitions to lace across the country. guantanamo detainees saw a c
the pentagon cited lack of congressional support as a reason for dean eyeing renovation of the facility, a facility that is beginning to deteriorate after a decade of temporary operation. the hunger strike that brought renewed attention to the facility is now over. megan lopez has more. >> for over seven months we have an reporting on mass hunger strikes happening at guantanamo bay. monday officials announced 19 are left, but before we declare the hunger strike over, let take a look at...
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according to the pentagon, as many as 400,000 civilian dod workers could be furloughed this time around. many military members including those serving in afghanistan are not subject to furlough and they would have to continue work without pay. they would also have to pick up the slack for civilian personnel doing their jobs, as well. these military personnel would receive automatic retroactive pay, but they and their families would have trouble in the meantime. for dod civilians, it is not automatic they would get retro active pay. those in the war zone would not be paid until the appropriations are passed. and commissaries would close, and that is where many military families shop. >> even if a lapse never occurs, the planning itself is disruptive. people are worrying right now about whether their paychecks will be delayed, rather than focusing fulling on their mission. >> the office of management and budget estimates the last time there was a shutdown in 1995 it cost the taxpayer about $1.4 billion. greg? >> jennifer griffin reporting from washington, jennifer, thank you. >>> nearly t
according to the pentagon, as many as 400,000 civilian dod workers could be furloughed this time around. many military members including those serving in afghanistan are not subject to furlough and they would have to continue work without pay. they would also have to pick up the slack for civilian personnel doing their jobs, as well. these military personnel would receive automatic retroactive pay, but they and their families would have trouble in the meantime. for dod civilians, it is not...
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republicans accuse the pentagon of not enforcing the spirit of the law. not so pentagon robert hale told congress today. >> during the lapse dod has no legal authority to pay death gratuities. we've been through this with the justice department, general council. it's another section of the law separate from pay and allowances. we don't have the legal authority. i don't think you want us to go around the law. >> the white house avoided directly answering when the president learned about the problem. >> in his evening walk on tuesday, the president raised the concern about death benefits not being paid to deserving families. the president directed him to get create pif and get it solved within 24 hours. >> it's not clear if the president plans to sign the law passed by the senate today. fisher house is still on the hook to pay 29 families. >> live at the pentagon, jennifer, thank you. the obama administration says it will allow states to use their own money to reopen some national parks closed by the shutdown. the top officials of one tennessee community ar
republicans accuse the pentagon of not enforcing the spirit of the law. not so pentagon robert hale told congress today. >> during the lapse dod has no legal authority to pay death gratuities. we've been through this with the justice department, general council. it's another section of the law separate from pay and allowances. we don't have the legal authority. i don't think you want us to go around the law. >> the white house avoided directly answering when the president learned...
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if you sense frustration from me and others in the pentagon you are sensing correctly. this is stupid. >> judge jeanine: by all accounts the military hardest hit by washington's political gamesmanship. congressman forbes from virginia beach and general tom mcinerney from washington, d.c. is the military in jeopardy with the forced cuts? >> i chaired the sea power sub committee and i can tell you this president has been dismantling the greatest mill tare arery the world has ever known. it is important to note that the president has already taken out of national defense 14 times the amount of cuts that will be taken out by sequestration this year. orders on the pentagons literally from the first day they went into office where they haven't been able to talk about the implications of the cuts that have already been made. >> judge jeanine: when you you tie this all together and there was an article writ been the fact that this administration is like the nixon administration in terms of what they are doing to the press and then you tie it into what helen thomas said a few ye
if you sense frustration from me and others in the pentagon you are sensing correctly. this is stupid. >> judge jeanine: by all accounts the military hardest hit by washington's political gamesmanship. congressman forbes from virginia beach and general tom mcinerney from washington, d.c. is the military in jeopardy with the forced cuts? >> i chaired the sea power sub committee and i can tell you this president has been dismantling the greatest mill tare arery the world has ever...
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i've agreed we should audit the pentagon. democrats told me he about their bill. but we need more conversation. >> thank you for joining us. straight ahead, our next guest slamming the white house press corps. also, guess who is calling to surprise me? all this week we're taking a call from a famous surprise caller. i have no idea who it is. you'll find out who it is on the line when i do. of providing a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere. if you look at a khan academy video, they cover everything from basic arithmetic to calculus, trigonometry, finance. you can really just get what you need at your own pace. and so, bank of america came and reached out to us and said, "we are really interested in making sure that everyone really understands personal finance." we're like, "well, we're already doing that." and so it was kind of a perfect match. [ alarm sound for malfunctioning printer ] [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where you've learned a thing or two. [ metal clanks ] ♪ this is the age of knowing what you're made of. so why let erectile
i've agreed we should audit the pentagon. democrats told me he about their bill. but we need more conversation. >> thank you for joining us. straight ahead, our next guest slamming the white house press corps. also, guess who is calling to surprise me? all this week we're taking a call from a famous surprise caller. i have no idea who it is. you'll find out who it is on the line when i do. of providing a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere. if you look at a khan academy video,...
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his overall temperament and is he suited to run a department or a big agency or a big entity like the pentagon. >> at this point would you vote against him? >> no. nor would i vote for him. i think we've got -- this is why we have hearings. >> he's going to have to answer questions. he's prepared to do it. i think he'll come out of this with strong support. >> michael, i guess the question is the same as it was on the previous topic, which is, how serious are his opponents and how much of a fight is this going to be? >> well, i think it's a little bit tvd, it's not -- it us 23409 does not appear as serious as the would be nomination of susan rice to secretary of state, which john mccain and several other prominent republicans were saying, absolutely not, i'm a no vote. you heard that mccain was agnostic on this. i don't think there's quite the same level of an mouse that republicans had toward rice. and my read of it right now is what hagel needs to do is kind of make almost what you would call an apology, go around to a bunch of members, clarify prior remarks that he's made, make clear his po
his overall temperament and is he suited to run a department or a big agency or a big entity like the pentagon. >> at this point would you vote against him? >> no. nor would i vote for him. i think we've got -- this is why we have hearings. >> he's going to have to answer questions. he's prepared to do it. i think he'll come out of this with strong support. >> michael, i guess the question is the same as it was on the previous topic, which is, how serious are his...
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it was the first ever filibuster of a pentagon chief. they held up his nominee to head the consumer financial protection bureau. that was confirmed in july. they blocking the nomination of the head of the federal housing and finance agency. the first sitting member of congress to be denied an office since the civil war. they challenged the president's right to appoint any judges between october 31st and november 18th. well, the president along with democrats on the attack as of today. as i mentioned today, they invoke what's known as the nuclear option. it kills the republican threat of a filibuster on most presidential appointments. but the bigger message behind the move is clear. democrats and this president have gone to war with their enemies finally. let's listen to the president. >> today's pattern of obstruction isn't normal. it's not what our founders envisioned. a deliberate and determined effort to obstruct everything, no matter what the merits. just to refight the results of an election is not normal. it isn't obstruction on qu
it was the first ever filibuster of a pentagon chief. they held up his nominee to head the consumer financial protection bureau. that was confirmed in july. they blocking the nomination of the head of the federal housing and finance agency. the first sitting member of congress to be denied an office since the civil war. they challenged the president's right to appoint any judges between october 31st and november 18th. well, the president along with democrats on the attack as of today. as i...
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the pentagon says no. but why? >> he's fighting for the sergeant. good to see you. here's the biggest thing. apparently he said no and it was reviewed. another no came down the pike. we don't know if chuck hagel is reviewing this. the medical examiner reviewed an autopsy that conclude thad the sergeant was probably dead and almost certainly blinded before he jumped on the grenade. they say that's why they are not sure if he should get it. they think he may not have knowingly jumped on the grenade. what do you say? >> secretary gates under president obama, not a single living person was given the medal of honor from the start of the iraq war and the afghanistan conflict until the end of president bush's term. there have only been living medal of honor winners from president obama. that's the con text this is in. it took a great guy that works for me, joe casper, to find video that secretary gates didn't look at to give toyota the navy. the navy approved the medal of honor. the marine corps leadership did. but secretary gates for the first time in american history bro
the pentagon says no. but why? >> he's fighting for the sergeant. good to see you. here's the biggest thing. apparently he said no and it was reviewed. another no came down the pike. we don't know if chuck hagel is reviewing this. the medical examiner reviewed an autopsy that conclude thad the sergeant was probably dead and almost certainly blinded before he jumped on the grenade. they say that's why they are not sure if he should get it. they think he may not have knowingly jumped on the...
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republicans defend the pentagon democrats defend the social security nobility defends the taxpayer who will carry the debt the economy sinks more under this bird in hand we hear in the nonfunctional dysfunctional broken system that you cannot overemphasize to overemphasize the situation to cut it on top of that bet we have the fed out of control by many printers with the fiscal mess the federal reserve out of control if you have a very bad scenario not to be pessimistic but to raise spieler wehave real problems of this country. neil: amazing. david stockton in the meantime imagine you hold a press conference saying everything is fine and dandy dandy live on one of the houses that the press conference goes on and on its you hear what is said. this is what happens. >> we pay a mortgage doghouse we cannot live in a and taxes on the house economic dividend paying insurance that will pay us for the damage to the houses neil: she is here. >> i have went everywhere and everybody is confusing. nobody has got to help. neil: make this woman a senator dow. she years said the york attorney general
republicans defend the pentagon democrats defend the social security nobility defends the taxpayer who will carry the debt the economy sinks more under this bird in hand we hear in the nonfunctional dysfunctional broken system that you cannot overemphasize to overemphasize the situation to cut it on top of that bet we have the fed out of control by many printers with the fiscal mess the federal reserve out of control if you have a very bad scenario not to be pessimistic but to raise spieler...
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the pentagon said that that would be what would happen in the event of a shutdown, and today congress did pass a bill to insure that servicemen and women will get paid even though as most personnel will not get paid. president obama signed that bill on military pay just hours ahead of the midnight shutdown tonight, and now just moments ago, this is just in, the white house released this message from president obama that is a message from president obama as commander in chief directly to the troops, and it's a video message, and here sit in full. >> hi, everybody. as president and as your commander in chief, i have worked to make sure you have the strategy and the resources and the support you need to complete the missions our nation asks of you, and every time you have met your responsibilities and performed with extraordinary professionalism still and courage. unfortunately, congress has not fulfilled its responsibility. it has failed to pass a budget and as a result much of our government must now shut down until congress funds it again. secretary hagel and general dempsey and your
the pentagon said that that would be what would happen in the event of a shutdown, and today congress did pass a bill to insure that servicemen and women will get paid even though as most personnel will not get paid. president obama signed that bill on military pay just hours ahead of the midnight shutdown tonight, and now just moments ago, this is just in, the white house released this message from president obama that is a message from president obama as commander in chief directly to the...